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touring car
noun
: an automobile suitable for distance driving: such as
a
: a vintage automobile with two cross seats, usually four doors, and a folding top : phaeton sense 2
b
: a modern usually 2-door sedan as distinguished from a sports car
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The first series, made from 1969 through 1972, was a successful touring car, followed in 1973 by a second-generation model made for just one year.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
And that explains why seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, 2009 F1 champion Jenson Button, and German touring car champion and Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller will be racing their big blue beast among the more normal entrants next weekend.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 June 2023
As the name implies, this is a proper gran turismo, a touring car unlike any of the other seven.
—Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 4 May 2023
This Lancer/LeBaron GTS project is an ambitious one, a Chrysler attempt to build a Euro-style touring car.
—Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2023
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
And that explains why seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, 2009 F1 champion Jenson Button, and German touring car champion and Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller will be racing their big blue beast among the more normal entrants next weekend.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 June 2023
As the name implies, this is a proper gran turismo, a touring car unlike any of the other seven.
—Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 4 May 2023
This Lancer/LeBaron GTS project is an ambitious one, a Chrysler attempt to build a Euro-style touring car.
—Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2023
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“Touring car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touring%20car. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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